Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Lockheed Martin is a defense and aerospace company whose Cost Competitiveness team drives enterprise-wide strategic initiatives to improve affordability and business performance. The Financial Management Senior Staff Analyst will develop strategic and financial analyses, build advanced business cases, communicate recommendations to executives, manage stakeholders, and lead cross-functional implementation projects.
Responsibilities
- Idea Generation – Build strategic and financial analysis to identify opportunities
- Business Case Development & Advanced Financial Modeling – Combine financial expertise and operational insight to create data‑driven, end‑to‑end cases that support strategic decisions
- Executive Communication – Produce concise, compelling presentations and briefing materials for executive and senior leadership buy-in
- Stakeholder Management – Secure executive champions for initiatives and requisite cross-functional stakeholder support
- Project Management – Lead implementation of initiatives in partnership with cross-functional stakeholders and executive champions
- Process & Workflow Optimization – Streamline recurring business processes, integrate workflows and lead Lean Six Sigma (LSS) activities
- Supply‑Chain Collaboration – Identify strategies to generate savings with global supply chain partners (e.g. bulk‑buy, Strategic Relationship Management, etc.)
- Culture & Process Change – Partner with stakeholders to embed an affordability mindset and continuous improvement culture
Skills
- * Bachelor's degree in a technical, business or related field
- * Demonstrated experience in strategic and financial analysis; including cost and lead time reduction or value-engineering projects
- * Business acumen and advanced financial modeling skills (DCF, IRR/NPV, scenario/decision matrix, sensitivity analysis)
- * Experience leading cross-functional teams through the development of long-term business cases or other strategic projects
- * Highly organized, proactive, strategic project management skills to ensure timely completion of projects, follow through and adherence to deadlines, detail oriented
- * Executive presence, able to influence peers and senior leaders
- * Self-starter who is highly motivated, team player with strong communication skills
- MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN
- This position requires selected candidate to possess ability to obtain a Secret clearance
- * A Masters' degree in a related discipline
- * Professional designation (e.g. CFA/CPA, etc.)
- * Prior experience with zero‑baseline reviews and implementation
- * Defense industry experience identifying, qualifying, and executing cost and lead time reduction or other strategic initiatives
- * Expertise in Position-to-Win and Design-to-Cost methodologies
- * Prior Tier 1 consulting (McKinsey, Bain, BCG, etc.) experience
- * Proven ability to create and deliver compelling executive-level presentations that influence decision making
- * Demonstrated experience and comfort in presenting to executive management
- * Experience leading enterprise-wide culture change and process improvement initiatives impacting multiple functional stakeholders
- * Entrepreneurial drive and a desire to transform the defense industry
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10)
- 401(k) match
- Paid time off
- Holidays
- Parental Leave
- EAP
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Education Assistance
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
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